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It took not a croc, but a sleazy stingray to snuff out Steve Irwin, famous for his Crocodile Hunter TV series.

Irwin had been filming a new documentary called Ocean’s Deadliest with friend and manager John Stainton at Batt Reef, off Port Douglas about 11am.

“He came over the top of a stingray and the stingray’s barb went up and went into his chest and put a hole into his heart,” Mr Stainton said.

“It’s likely that he possibly died instantly when the barb hit him, and I don’t think that he … felt any pain.

Although Irwin’s death is freakish and feels “accidental,” by all means, it still reminds me of the fate of Timothy “Grizzly Man” Treadwell, who loved anthropomorphizing bears so much that in 2003, he and his girlfriend ended up in a bear’s stomach.

Meanwhile, in a happier, safer place, Steve-O and Chris Pontius of MTV’s Wild Boyz begin pondering other career options as they botch up another prank involving smelly G-strings and an ill-tempered, mutated chicken.

STEVE IRWIN KILLED BY STINGRAY [SMH]

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